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Personalized Screening to Identify Teens with High Suicide Risk

Researchers develop universal screening tool used during emergency care visits that reliably predicts an adolescent or teen’s suicide risk.
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Improving Care for Children During Disasters

Regional hospitals unite to strengthen emergency response plans for children impacted by such crises as a pandemic, hurricane, flood or mass shooting.
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A Reunion 17 Years in the Making for Flight Nurse and Patient’s Family

An emergency department employee had a chance encounter with the Survival Flight nurse that cared for her father when she was six years old.
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Is Surgery Necessary for Children with Appendicitis?

A new study shows that antibiotics may offer a non-invasive way to manage appendicitis for some kids.
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New Fellowship Provides Hands-on Training in Emergency Medical Services

The one-year training gives emergency medicine physicians additional education in prehospital medicine.
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Performing Bystander CPR Saves Man’s Life

A seemingly normal errand run turned abnormal for one man when his heart stopped beating. How a Michigan Medicine surgical resident happened upon the man’s emergency and helped save his life.
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Getting Injured, and Getting Care, During a Pandemic

Tripping on an uneven sidewalk did more than hurt Sharon Kinnunen’s knee. It brought worry as she feared seeking care at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak
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Why You Shouldn’t Delay Emergency Care During COVID-19

Emergencies still occur during a pandemic. Providers in emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and other specialties explain why you shouldn’t delay emergency care if you need it.
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How to Prevent 7 Common Pediatric Injuries

Avoiding the emergency room for preventable childhood injuries is especially as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. A Michigan Medicine expert gives guidance on how to practice prevention for common child safety pitfalls, and avoid the ER.
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How Quickly Does Coronavirus Spread?

Modeling emerging diseases like COVID-19 can be difficult and potentially inaccurate with traditional reporting methods alone. One U-M researcher has been using her expertise in forecasting epidemiological trends to collaborate with researchers in China t
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Why is Appendicitis Not Always Diagnosed in the Emergency Department?

A new study examines the factors associated with a potentially missed diagnosis of appendicitis in children and adults in the emergency department.
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In Sickness and in Health

After a mother’s sudden diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer, one family, along with staff at Michigan Medicine, came together to focus on love.
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A Voice of Hope: One Patient’s Journey to Speak Again After House Fire

Michigan Medicine Otolaryngologist Dr. Norman Hogikyan helped 22-year-old Madison Marciniak breathe easy again after surviving a house fire.
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Head-to-Head Comparison Finds Three Anti-Seizure Drugs Equally Effective for Severe Form of Epilepsy

Three anti-seizure medications found equally effective for treating a severe form of epilepsy in new clinical trial.
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How Effective is Body Cooling in Patients that Experience Cardiac Arrest?

Michigan Medicine researchers initiate a nationwide clinical trial with hopes of discovering the effectiveness of body cooling on patients who experience a cardiac arrest.